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Quick hit: Bad-ass Detroit students stage walk-out

By Eesha Pandit | Published: April 3, 2012
TweetWhat are they asking for, you might wonder? “An education.” 50 students at the all-boys Frederick Douglass Academy in Detriot, MI were suspended yesterday for walking out of their classes. They claimed to be fed up with the quality of their education: absent teachers, shortages of textbooks, and a failure to be taken seriously when asking for [...]
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Detroit’s school for young moms rescued from closure

By Miriam | Published: June 17, 2011
TweetA school for teen mothers with a 90% graduation rate (almost twice the national average) was slated for closure this year due to the draconian budget cuts being administered in Detroit. To add additional controversy, the decision was made by an emergency manager, appointed by the Governor, in a seeming effort to side-step the decision-making [...]
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